by Alex Hogrefe | Mar 21, 2015 | Fundamentals, Uncategorized |
I don’t talk a lot about what inspires me but I have been traveling around the country lately giving some workshops and lectures and that question seems to come up a lot. The fact of the matter is that there is no one place that I go to get inspiration and a lot of...
by Alex Hogrefe | Mar 2, 2015 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 4, Project 03 Crossroads Pavilion, Styles / Effects, Uncategorized |
As you have probably noticed, I have not been posting as often as I normally do. Things have been very busy lately, in a good way. Unfortunately, this means that I have not been able to invest as much time as I would have liked to this website. Instead of not...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 25, 2015 | Portfolio Vol. 4, Project 03 Crossroads Pavilion, Uncategorized |
The last few weeks have been spent designing a new project that will allow me to experiment with some new rendering styles that I have in mind. The past few projects were located in a dense urban setting so I am switching things up and going rural. I decided on an...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jan 4, 2015 | Portfolio Vol. 4, Project 02 Cultural Center, Uncategorized |
It has now been several months of working on this latest project from which lots of imagery has been created. I’m ready to start compiling all of this information into portfolio spreads similar to what I did for the wharf project. Anyone that reads this...
by ahogrefe | Dec 14, 2014 | Break Down, Portfolio Vol. 4, Project 02 Cultural Center, Uncategorized |
For this winter special #4, it was all about the lighting and atmosphere. Going into this, I knew the illustration was going to be heavily post processed so I spent little time preparing the 3d model and just kicked out a quick V-ray base rendering...
by Alex Hogrefe | Oct 12, 2014 | Over Time, Portfolio Vol. 4, Project 02 Cultural Center, Uncategorized |
As the 3d model progresses, I find myself spending a lot of time defining and organizing the way different elements are grouped in the model. I posted a video a while back showing a time lapse of the construction of one of my models. I rarely use layers but instead...
by Alex Hogrefe | Sep 30, 2014 | Portfolio Vol. 4, Project 02 Cultural Center, Uncategorized |
These past two weeks have been crazy and if any of you follow my Facebook page, you know what I am talking about. However, with all of the change, I figured it would also be a good time to start a new project as well. The wharf design was a fun project to...
by Alex Hogrefe | Sep 15, 2014 | Uncategorized |
I have not significantly changed the design of my site or its functionality since its inception, so the time has come to switch things up. The first thing I did was move from Squarespace to WordPress. Squarespace was a great platform but WordPress offers a huge amount...
by Alex Hogrefe | Aug 23, 2014 | Uncategorized |
The 40th Annual Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition is now accepting your submissions. This is one of my favorite competitions because of the wide range of styles and techniques that win each year. It is open to students and professionals and can be either a...
by Alex Hogrefe | Jun 8, 2014 | Portfolio Vol. 4, Project 01 Long Wharf, Uncategorized |
In the previous wharf post, I discussed black and white texture studies that focused on pattern and ground plane elements throughout the wharf. The above image builds off of those studies introducing color and material. Site plans are...
